The Archive · 1926

Boom in Pacific Herring

Latest figures given on Depatiment of Marine [ice at Ottawa show a big increase in herring landed on the Pacific Coust. Practically the entire catch was dey salted for shipment to the Orient' in this rapidly expanding The total catch of sea fish. Atlantic "and Pacific coasts during December was 54,832,600 pounds valued at $992,017. In' the same period, in 1924 there wer secretary of the Women's Liberal Association of Vancouver, eral 32,427,100 pounds landed "with value of $711,424. On the Pacific Liberal daily newspaper the "Van-coast the catch of herring during tonk up the question December was 40,586,600 pounds The essence of iS} while for the same period in 1924 comments was that as Japanese] only 14,673,200 fnnguage schools "have been in AGY pounds pounds were land: were land operation in Vancouver for years no particular harm can be done—that ig so long as the lessons, if given in the school room, are given after the other children have departed, that hours.' The is outside the usual Silk Cargo Quickly Transferred Three hours and 20 after the Canadian Pacific Empress of Canada docked here on her last trip a waiting silk of 15 cars left for ate We ktuesy York carrying 5,000 bales of raw should want. thole chikdeen from the Orient, Scores of

Country. apon We a his dock workers were which is people are hor berth ead we tine wae lect 42 the on the Merataie "of transferring the precious cargo wh heh th rom the holds of the ship to the armed guards accompany the silk trains, which rarely carry less than a

their camps ste it million dollars worth eross the continent. of freight, would beh A Young-Old Traveller venture by which fortun Four-year-old Gladys Van Eck is a Vancouver born girl who in her short life has erossed oceans and eh of Fortune—continents, With her mother, Mrs. axe of SY on a] IL F. Van Eek, of Shanghai, she hopes to Captain Re was "among the passengers' who rived here on the Empress of nada. They have gone to Ottawa to spend a few months on holiday with relatives, Movements of Mi West' Indice," votived three years ago after & life at sea. te. was turned to Japan accompanied by his Besides Dr. Bates, who has re

well fixed fincneially, retaining an wife. his mother and his two sons interest in sev hooners which other well known missionaries have he let. out on charter, But fate' recently passed through Vancot turned against he lost some bound for the East. of his ships and a few months ago Rev, Goxernor P. Mosher and Mrs. found himself a comparatively poor Mosher have gone to Japan, as man, He turned to his old mend, have, Bishop A. R. Clippinger and Reproduced

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